Seedling Production
Seedling Distribution
Total Seedlings and Acres Planted
Seedling Distribution by Year - 1927 - 1996
Seed Orchards
Forest Tree Seedling Sales, Distribution by Species, by County
The SC Forestry Commission operated Taylor Forest Tree Nursery (bareroot) at Trenton and Creech Containerized Greenhouse at Wedgefield for the production of seedlings for South Carolina landowners.
This year 17,572,000 seedlings were grown and 16,841,263 were shipped. This included 1,225,000 seedlings purchased out of state. South Carolina's forest industries planted an additional 22,834,000 seedlings on company lands. A grand total of 99,549,491 seedlings were planted on 153,153 acres in the state during the year.
The Piedmont, Coastal, and Sumter facilities continue to house white pine, Virginia pine and a hardwood genetics program. Spartanburg, Sumter, Coastal and Taylor facilities are used as seedling distribution centers. Taylor is the only bareroot production facility.
Containerized Seedlings
Specialized needs exist for seedlings other than bareroot stock grown at the SC Forestry Commission's Taylor Nursery. To meet these needs, a triple bay greenhouse is maintained at Creech Seed Orchard in Wedgefield. Containerized seedlings, rooted cuttings and progeny test materials are grown at the greenhouse. The greenhouse and associated slathouses give the Commission the capacity to grow a million plus containerized seedlings annually. The greenhouse production was 944,460 for Fiscal Year 1995-1996.
Research
The SC Forestry Commission continues cooperative research projects with Clemson University, Auburn University, and the U. S. Forest Service. The Commission also maintains membership in the North Carolina State University Pine Tree Improvement Cooperative, the North Carolina State Hardwood Research Cooperative, and the Auburn University Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative.
Forest Tree Seed Collection Program
Each year the SC Forestry Commission collects or purchases pine cones and other forest tree seed for seedling production. During the past year, Walnut, Baldcypress, Red Cedar, Yellow Poplar, and Longleaf Pine seed were either purchased or collected for future seedling production.
Bareroot Seedlings
Improved Coastal Loblolly Pine 4,200,000 Improved Piedmont Loblolly Pine 6,450,000 Improved Texas Loblolly 30,000 Longleaf Pine 4,000,000 Improved Virginia Pine 200,000 Improved White Pine (2-0) 150,000 Baldcypress 80,000 Red Cedar 185,000 Yellow Poplar -0- Improved Sycamore 60,000 Black Walnut 45,000 Crepe Myrtle -0- Dogwood -0- Redbud -0- Bicolor Lespedeza 1,000,000 Sawtooth Oak 50,000 Miscellaneous 3,000 __________________________________________________ Total 16,453,000 White Pine (1-0) Not For Sale 180,000
Improved Piedmont Loblolly Pine -0- Improved Coastal Loblolly Pine -0- Improved Virginia Pine 13,000 Improved Longleaf Pine 834,000 Leyland Cypress 65,000 Carolina Sapphire 15,000 Clemson Greenspire 12,000 Miscellaneous -0- _______________ ___________________________________ Total 939,000 Grand Total 17,572,000
A. Seedlings Planted in the State by Land Ownership: Percent Number Trees Land Ownership of Total Planted _____________________________________________________________ 1.Private Ownership 27 26,977,219 2.Christmas Tree Growers <1 147,932 3.Forest Industry (Pulp & Paper)36 36,272,776 4.Lumber 7 7,245,000 5.Forest Industry (Other Corp.) 24 24,525,541 6.Schools <1 13,962 7.State Forest <1 625,300 8.Other State Land <1 102,200 9.Other Government Land <1 86,554 10.Federal Land 3 3,369,690 11.Associations/Clubs <1 183,317 _____________________________________________________________ Total 100 99,549,491
B. Source of Seedlings Planted in the State: 1.Nurseries in South Carolina SC Forestry Commission (Includes Greenhouse) 16,841,263 Champion International 3,818,496 International Paper Company 30,059,400 Westvaco 21,260,943 Weyerhaeuser 9,958,389 Tall Pines 90,000 _____________________________________________________________ Total 92,028,491 2.Nurseries Outside of South Carolina Georgia Forestry Commission 270 000 Federal Paper Board 2,379,000 Union Camp 985,000 International Forest Tree Seed Company 2,984,000 North Carolina Forest Service 544,000 Georgia Pacific 359,000 _____________________________________________________________ Total 7,521,000
County Seedlings Grand Total Acres Planted Planted Planted 1929 - 6/30/96 1995-1996 To Date 1929-96 _____________________________________________________________________________ ABBEVILLE 981232 10137624 78528 AIKEN 4061595 231910724 288587 ALLENDALE 2418178 99296200 128105 ANDERSON 1105460 51365670 60651 BAMBERG 407932 63425738 82775 BARNWELL 2542540 28180918 165712 BEAUFORT 755177 27624183 36972 BERKELEY 4444928 128165013 162126 CALHOUN 356248 48194380 63371 CHARLESTON 3294107 50012194 66738 CHEROKEE 58268 33398062 40519 CHESTER 2046672 83817494 128220 CHESTERFIELD 840276 144102100 172101 CLARENDON 2132485 68682210 85928 COLLETON 3233100 134457638 184142 DARLINGTON 324488 37117652 46378 DILLON 1825029 32095019 38479 DORCHESTER 1670270 85270434 104173 EDGEFIELD 6936589 82372327 112517 FAIRFIELD 2245100 113057809 141548 FLORENCE 573120 35091553 43605 GEORGETOWN 3028360 143238773 179680 GREENVILLE 257393 29898411 35043 GREENWOOD 4610872 91243261 104923 HAMPTON 2276183 108093406 138028 HORRY 546530 78978195 92463 JASPER 1919952 97684040 115103 KERSHAW 1757478 187759466 221642 LANCASTER 1627493 78773837 97600 LAURENS 2006202 100733551 188750 LEE 346247 35794633 45505 LEXINGTON 3284671 66530549 83661 MARION 331423 38320174 48310 MARLBORO 3050869 59634253 75312 MCCORMICK 2590985 52640273 70624 NEWBERRY 1140833 93010080 123108 OCONEE 2781932 37897707 41635 ORANGEBURG 2726664 142004769 210784 PICKENS 115668 28828635 34064 RICHLAND 409272 29922092 81748 SALUDA 3530603 56226974 79531 SPARTANBURG 2841172 62682966 74824 SUMTER 3387440 70875061 84160 UNION 2599336 77060315 98932 WILLIAMSBURG 3615166 109306072 149245 YORK 3774711 63620497 77659 MULTIPLE COUNTIES 2739242 118464614 195168 _____________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL 99,549,491 3,646,997,546 4,978,679
Since 1963, the SC Forestry Commission has been a participating member in the NC State University Industry Cooperative Tree Improvement Program. Understanding that trees could be genetically improved, substantial gains have been and will continue to be possible. Success over time has and will continue to result in firm commitments to tree improvement programs. As tree improvement programs continue, new and greater challenges in accomplishing breeding and operational goals will become evident. All Loblolly Pine seedlings for the 1995-1996 planting season were from second generation genetically improved sources. Seed orchards and seed production areas at the Coastal and Piedmont facilities are young and non producing.
NIEDERHOF SEED ORCHARD
Opening Niederhof Seed Orchard to controlled hunting continues the Forestry Commission's concept of multiple use management of state owned lands. Hunting rules, regulations and guidelines have been adopted and are being administered by the Forestry Commission.
The following schedule relates to allowed hunting at Niederhof.
Counties receive 25% of revenue generated from set aside land with allotment payments, timber, straw sales, and wildlife activities. Revenue generated through these sources at Niederhof Seed Orchard for Jasper County was $1,786.23 and at Taylor Nursery for Edgefield County was $17,063.75.
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL
STATE ALL STATE ALL
YEAR NURSERIES SOURCES YEAR NURSERIES SOURCES
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1928-29 142000 142000 1961-62 71892420 83844470
1929-30 148000 148000 1962-63 56191241 64201541
1930-31 986000 986000 1963-64 51445597 62423597
1931-32 976000 976000 1964-65 49009893 60683493
1932-33 996000 996000 1965-66 42310685 56529185
1933-34 1031000 1031000 1966-67 48575190 69597590
1934-35 7529000 7529000 1967-68 39970136 58812136
1935-36 23000000 23000000 1968-69 29529285 51453285
1936-37 22000000 22000000 1969-70 31415430 49202630
1937-38 11192000 11192000 1970-71 31939880 54540880
1938-39 10854000 10854000 1971-72 23677925 41357225
1939-40 12244000 12244000 1972-73 30977800 45239100
1940-41 21165423 21165423 1973-74 28443000 42305500
1941-42 10275037 10275037 1974-75 40081500 55996500
1942-43 4742010 4742010 1975-76 40664387 59063387
1943-44 5662608 5662608 1976-77 39795375 59238275
1944-45 1962600 1962600 1977-78 45734500 64380200
1945-46 6402255 6402255 1978-79 43009533 65936933
1946-47 1962600 1962600 1979-80 46374919 76206619
1947-48 11356990 11356990 1980-81 53512622 86419513
1948-49 30338775 30338775 1981-82 55727828 87793028
1949-50 29501955 29501955 1982-83 47798858 86265299
1950-51 20615315 20615315 1983-84 50169612 100394312
1951-52 16619000 19619000 1984-85 51635770 107717581
1952-53 22035850 32246298 1985-86 65464810 124381360
1953-54 36210100 42852314 1986-87 73554964 157522970
1954-55 35373025 45182255 1987-88 78787967 164094827
1955-56 34413550 42931755 1988-89 55051595 153450416
1956-57 55753600 69658736 1989-90 38355557 128475489
1957-58 60846200 93369084 1990-91 29297000 102384439
1958-59 123985000 166351000 1991-92 31983779 94710582
1959-60 147146365 187516418 1992-93 22665397 84287351
1960-61 145609075 158330575 1993-94 23286422 119310888
1994-95 16153974 90333823
1995-96 16841263 99549491
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TOTAL STATE NURSERIES: 2,414,401,447
TOTAL ALL SOURCES: 4,001,244,918
Creech Seed Orchard Acres
Coastal Loblolly (Disease Resistant) 5
Piedmont Loblolly (Disease Resistant) 5
Longleaf (1st Generation) 12
Virginia Pine (1st Generation) 3
TOTAL 25.00
Niederhof Seed Orchard
Coastal Loblolly (2nd Generation) 204
Piedmont Loblolly (2nd Generation) 118
Longleaf Pine (1st Generation) 30
Sawtooth Oak (Seed Production) 2
TOTAL 354
Coastal Seed Orchard
Sycamore 4
Sweetgum 6
Willow Oak (Seed Production) 1.3
Swamp Chestnut Oak 1.2
Green Ash 3.3
Red Maple 1.3
Southern Red Oak 2.2
White Oak 1.9
TOTAL 21.2
Piedmont Seed Orchard
White Pine (1.5 Generation) 12
Northern Red Oak 2
Virginia Pine (1st Generation) 3
TOTAL 17
GRAND TOTAL ORCHARD ACRES 417.20
Species Season HuntDays Hours Restrictions Fees
Deer 1-Oct. Saturday Dawn Still Hunt $20.00
31-Dec. Sunset
Quail 1-Jan. Tues./Thur. Dawn Max 3 Hunters $10.00
26-Feb. Sunset Per Party
Turkey 16-Mar. Tues./Thur. Dawn Stalking $10.00
27-Apr. Sunset
Number of Number of Number Revenue
Participants Use Days Harvest
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Deer 120 8 40 $2,300
Quail 19 6 14 $120
Turkey 27 11 8 $330
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Totals 166 25 62 $2,750
25% Revenue Jasper $1,786.23 $7,144.91 Edgefield 17,063.75 68,255.00
IMPROVED IMPROVED
COASTAL PIEDMONT IMPROVED IMPROVED
LOBLOLLY LOBLOLLY LONGLEAF SAWTOOTH YELLOW BALD- BLACK WHITE VIRGINIA EASTERN GREEN- LEYLAND MISC.
COUNTY PINE PINE PINE OAK POPLAR CYPRESS WALNUT SYCAMORE PINE PINE REDCEDAR SAPPHIRE SPIRE CYPRESS SPECIES TOTAL
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ABBEVILLE 240,306 738,312 0 0 600 100 0 0 0 1,090 500 0 0 324 0 981,232
AIKEN 592,000 2,631,563 802,898 1,600 100 2,900 100 200 7,600 14,960 4,100 396 450 1,728 1,000 4,061,595
ALLENDALE 2,366,295 0 48,985 200 0 0 500 0 500 1,090 500 0 0 108 0 2,418,178
ANDERSON 0 1,081,100 1,000 200 3,600 1,000 1,100 1,000 4,700 2,480 5,000 468 126 3,186 500 1,105,460
BAMBERG 334,939 0 60,560 200 0 100 0 10,533 0 0 1,600 0 0 0 0 407,932
BARNWELL 2,427,388 4,000 103,500 700 600 500 0 0 3,000 500 1,700 144 36 72 400 2,542,540
BEAUFORT 439,109 0 309,680 100 0 100 0 0 100 3,000 1,000 126 252 1,710 0 755,177
BERKELEY 4,345,068 0 71,525 0 100 2,100 100 22,676 1,000 595 500 522 144 198 400 4,444,928
CALHOUN 341,175 0 7,770 0 0 500 100 0 0 1,545 4,600 108 72 378 0 356,248
CHARLESTON 2,649,367 0 604,090 220 500 210 100 25,245 600 4,235 2,200 522 918 5,850 50 3,294,107
CHEROKEE 0 53,000 0 0 0 0 500 0 2,000 1,600 700 216 0 252 0 58,268
CHESTER 0 2,041,600 0 1,000 0 0 100 0 1,000 1,100 0 306 72 1,494 0 2,046,672
CHESTERFIELD 1,000 447,000 375,520 1,000 2,000 6,700 0 100 600 2,500 3,100 54 54 648 0 840,276
CLARENDON 2,083,216 0 41,625 1,100 0 0 0 0 500 4,940 600 234 0 270 0 2,132,485
COLLETON 2,980,597 0 110,980 100 0 1,100 0 110,750 1,000 2,835 24,600 216 126 396 400 3,233,100
DARLINGTON 233,426 0 85,500 100 100 200 100 0 500 1,190 1,500 162 18 1,692 0 324,488
DILLON 1,712,593 100,000 7,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 0 1,360 2,000 180 0 396 0 1,825,029
DORCHESTER 1,563,657 0 500 600 500 500 200 90,547 0 11,050 700 576 306 1,134 0 1,670,270
EDGEFIELD 0 6,918,075 10,000 200 0 0 500 0 1,800 3,100 1,600 180 288 846 0 6,936,589
FAIRFIELD 1,049,750 1,126,000 66,000 200 2,000 0 0 0 100 100 500 0 0 450 0 2,245,100
FLORENCE 391,305 157,000 7,950 100 1,500 500 800 500 1,000 5,525 3,300 144 216 2,880 400 573,120
GEORGETOWN 3,024,904 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 1,000 1,000 600 270 90 396 0 3,028,360
GREENVILLE 0 228,545 2,500 1,100 1,100 900 600 600 11,400 2,920 4,200 72 432 3,024 0 257,393
GREENWOOD 0 4,597,860 1,000 1,900 0 100 100 500 4,600 3,000 600 0 36 576 600 4,610,872
HAMPTON 2,246,328 0 26,475 100 0 1,000 0 726 1,000 100 0 0 0 54 400 2,276,183
HORRY 425,592 45 109,540 100 500 1,200 500 0 2,000 3,835 2,300 216 216 486 0 546,530
JASPER 1,838,674 500 14,500 600 0 0 0 58,100 1,000 4,200 1,100 90 252 936 0 1,919,952
KERSHAW 174,045 1,310,225 257,680 200 1,000 0 100 5,000 1,000 3,040 2,700 234 234 1,620 400 1,757,478
LANCASTER 0 1,604,000 15,000 100 0 1,500 1,000 500 200 4,545 0 126 126 396 0 1,627,493
LAURENS 44,000 1,957,300 0 600 0 100 0 0 900 2,100 500 36 0 666 0 2,006,202
LEE 340,093 0 2,000 300 0 0 0 0 1,200 1,600 1,000 0 0 54 0 346,247
LEXINGTON 2,752,500 164,800 303,155 2,300 100 2,800 500 500 12,976 27,225 9,100 1,746 756 6,138 75 3,284,671
MARION 154,093 162,840 0 600 0 5,500 0 0 4,000 2,950 500 180 180 180 400 331,423
MARLBORO 2,821,999 200,000 16,400 0 400 6,200 0 0 0 2,100 3,500 54 0 216 0 3,050,869
McCORMICK 0 2,590,285 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 2,590,985
NEWBERRY 0 1,122,300 5,045 800 100 2,100 0 2,000 2,000 4,500 600 90 54 1,044 200 1,140,833
OCONEE 0 2,754,160 1,000 700 1,700 100 100 100 13,100 500 1,500 342 36 594 8,000 2,781,932
ORANGEBURG 2,157,059 424,000 68,330 4,800 500 3,500 3,500 32,281 5,650 12,690 11,000 198 72 684 2,400 2,726,664
PICKENS 0 80,500 0 1,000 3,100 500 1,100 500 18,400 3,100 4,800 324 270 1,674 400 115,668
RICHLAND 49,000 162,450 171,085 1,000 100 4,100 700 2,000 1,300 5,365 8,300 900 378 2,592 2 409,272
SALUDA 24,500 3,500,915 0 100 0 0 0 100 1,200 3,040 100 108 90 450 0 3,530,603
SPARTANBURG 0 2,801,150 360 2,500 3,200 1,200 1,800 800 12,500 6,400 2,600 1,476 1,224 5,562 400 2,841,172
SUMTER 3,280,593 2,180 73,610 500 500 1,600 600 100 3,100 15,135 7,700 342 270 810 400 3,387,440
UNION 0 2,596,600 500 200 0 0 0 0 1,500 0 500 0 0 36 0 2,599,336
WILLIAMSBURG 3,512,063 1,000 93,815 200 500 2,000 100 0 100 3,000 2,100 108 54 126 0 3,615,166
YORK 0 3,754,160 5,000 700 100 0 0 0 3,100 6,145 1,600 252 54 3,600 0 3,774,711
MULTIPLE COUNTIES 1,029,495 1,025,000 547,497 1,500 500 7,500 1,750 4,300 15,250 3,000 3,750 0 0 0 1,550 2,641,092
OUT-OF-STATE 0 10,750 14,000 0 9,000 4,000 1,300 0 6,200 1,100 50,100 0 0 0 0 96,450
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 1,000 500 0 0 0 0 1,700
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TOTALS 47,626,129 46,349,215 4,444,075 29,720 34,000 63,710 17,950 369,658 150,676 188,385 182,050 11,718 7,902 55,926 18,377 99,549,491
No Sweetgum, Improved Slash Pine, or Deodar were reported.
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